Safedry Restoration

Water Damage Restoration

When your home is being threatened by water damage from flooding or leaks, Safedry Restoration Professionals have the expertise to prevent or mitigate the devastating effects water damage can have in order to help preserve and restore your property.

Fire Damage Restoration

Fire damage can be extensive and traumatic. During these times we are leaders in fire restoration. We can handle any commercial or residential fire no matter the size.

Smoke damage is also a large part of fire cleanup. Soot can ruin personal property even if it was not affected by the fire. Being soot and smoke restoration experts, let us at Safe Dry Restoration be the professionals who return your property back to normal.

MOLD REMEDIATION

There may be mold growing in your home. Like all fungi, mold feeds on the organic materials that can be found on non-synthetic surface areas that contain moisture. Our experienced team of Certified Professionals can find pockets of hidden mold that may be causing serious harm.

Lead-based house paint was commonly used in homes up until the late 1970s, and was particularly usual before the 1950s. The most customary places to find lead-based house paint are places where high strength is needed, like doors, doorframes, windows, woodwork, and furniture. Lead-based house paint becomes a threat when it begins to wear, chip, or peel, or when Debris Removal is being removed by sanding or stripping.

Lead-based house paint is of main concern to home remodelers and the occupants of older Debris Removal homes, particularly those families with little children. Contact to lead paint can happen by swallowing the house paint chips, breathing the lead dust or drinking the water that has been infected when poured through water pipes with lead solder.

Furthermore, the soil around houses near streets and roads may be polluted with lead from years of contact to lead added gasoline exhaust fumes. Lead can get into the house from lead-based house paint, dust polluted with lead-based house paint, soils polluted with lead from house paint, water, engines burning leaded gasoline, commercial uses of Debris Removal, lead-glazed ceramic earthenware, lead based solder on some food cans, and food products that are grown in lead-polluted soils.

The biggest health concern is the inhalation or ingestion of the lead dust from the lead-based house paint as it wears and degenerates. Lead contact can cause damage to the central nervous system, and even at low levels, it could affect system progress. In little children, this could result in lowered IQ grades, Debris Removal and birth defects can happen if a pregnant woman is exposed.

A certain Debris Removal blood test could decide a person's blood-lead level. Lead-containing materials usually cannot be identified by sight, and the recognition by special lead testing is required. Home lead testing kits could sometimes recognize causes of lead in a home, but these may not be able to detect low levels.

Laboratory assessments of home lead test kits executed over the last ten years or so, have shown that such kits could, for an assortment of reasons, give false readings. Consequently, Debris Removal it is advised that lead house paint test kits should not be depended upon to verify the existence or concentration of lead in a particular article.

X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy is a much more dependable, but it does require specified equipment and training. There may be some circumstances in which lead house paint test kits will give usable results. Debris Removal kits involve chemical responses that create visible color changes in the company of some lead mixtures.

Though, you must also know something about the chemistry of the particular family of things being tested, the possible intrusions with elements besides the lead, and the existence of the coatings that might mask the lead composites in order to judge whether the Debris Removal test kit's results are dependable. Lead-based house paint, if it is in good overall condition and left uninterrupted, may pose a very little health risk.

But it might need to be enclosed or sealed to reduce any contact. Wear of lead-based house paint raises the likelihood that the occupants of the house will be exposed to the danger. Dangerous Debris Removal levels of contact rise when the house painted areas are bothered during renovation. Lead "abatement" or removal is usually NOT a "do-it-yourself" activity and careless removal could pose serious health dangers.

Next are a group of questions and answers to help with lead knowledge. Q. Where can lead house paint be found? A. Most houses built before 1978 have at least some lead house paint. Homes built prior to 1960 have the most lead house paint. Lead house paint can appear on any house painted surface, Debris Removal but it is most frequently found on windows, trim, doors, railings, columns, porches and outdoor walls.

Areas that have been repainted may have years of layers of lead house paint underneath. A Debris Removal inspection could tell you where lead house paint is located. Q. When is lead house paint a danger? A. Peeling or damaged house paint is unsafe. Lead dust could be discharged from peeling or damaged house paint or by sanding or scraping house paint in older houses.

Lead dust falls on the floors, window sills and other surfaces where it can get into little children's mouths. Lead house paint in good overall condition is usually not a difficulty. Q. What is the Lead Disclosure Rule and how might it apply to me? A. The Lead Disclosure Rule forces owners to give their tenants a brochure and to provide the Debris Removal test results and standard warning language in their leases.

This must be performed before a new tenant signs a lease agreement and before an existing renter renews the lease for buildings that were built before 1978. Call 1-800-424-LEAD for free versions of the brochure called, Debris Removal Protect Your Family from Lead in your Home, the usual warning language and other material about the Lead Disclosure Rule.

Try to keep house paint in good shape, fix water damage from leaks and penetration. Keep your roof in good repair and keep the gutters and downspouts unclogged. Tell your renters to report peeling Debris Removal house paint and respond fast when they do. Check for peeling house paint and repair it every time you or your workers come on to the property.

Inspect the units carefully at turnover and look out for lead dust when you repair, repaint or remodel. Seal off the work area by covering all of the floors, doors, furniture, windows and vents with heavy sheets of plastic. Preferably, Debris Removal remove all of the furniture from the room and keep the children and pregnant women away from the affected area.

Wet down the house paint before any sanding or scraping to control the lead dust and prevent creating dust or house paint chips. A Debris Removal power sander or grinder must have a well-designed hood to trap the lead dust and a HEPA vacuum filter attachment. Do not use power sprayer washing, abrasive paint blasting, open flame torches, heat guns over 1100°F or house paint strippers that have methylene chloride in it.

Workers must wear their protective clothing. Before exiting the work area, lead removal workers should clean off or remove their shoes to avoid tracking lead dust around the house. Roll up or fold heavy plastic sheets to keep dust from leaking. Use a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter to clean all kinds of floors Debris Removal and other surfaces where lead dust can settle.

Wash Debris Removal floors, walls and other surfaces with soap and water and rinse often with fresh water. Dispose of contaminated debris, towels and wash cloths in heavy sealable plastic bags. Never burn lead contaminated debris and always conduct a lead dust test at the end of a job. Contact a reputable environmental testing lab for a sample taking kit or hire an impartial lead removal professional.

Lead dust levels must be no more than 40 micrograms per square foot on the floors. If these levels are higher, clean the Debris Removal area again, then retest. Make lead removal safety a habit and train your workers. Several of the community colleges and different trade associations offer classes in lead-safe exercises. Insist on these lead-safe exercises when you hire a lead removal contractor. Call in a certified lead removal expert if you or your crews do not have the experience with lead dangers.

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